Blood has always flown easily for Ian Kelly.He's spent a double life as part of a secret government program. Plucked from the foster care system at a young age for exhibiting a rare personality profile, he was trained to kill and then set loose on enemies of the free world.These days, blood is thicker.With two grown kids old enough to be asking too many questions, Ian travels the globe on official murder business.But Ian tells himself just o...

Secrets lie at the bottom of North Tenmile Lake, Oregon.Ian Kelly rents a cottage on the water to pull him and Samantha away from the heat. Now, he's hearing rumors that his landlord, Walter Ponce, may have chained a man to the riverbed.That's alright because Ian is sure Walter Ponce has heard some rumors too about a mysterious family involved in a gangland shootout only months ago.Still, Oregon should have been a nice place for Ian to retire if the...

Every light casts a shadow. Ronan Renzo is that shadow.Ronan Renzo lives a somewhat pampered life as the son of a merchant, but all that changes when his family home is visited by a strange, black-clad man. This man's clothing is so dark that it seems to swallow light, and he bears the symbol of the crescent moon upon his breast.He is, according to Ronan, a member of the Night Guild. A guild of thieves and assassins, who commit dark deeds in homage to the o...

A killer leaves a deadly wake in Sacramento.Ian's son Brandon, the city's newest homicide recruit, believes the murders follow a pattern: the perpetrator prefers blunt force to bullets. The results are chillingly familiar to his father's methods.Ian thinks the tally belongs to a young assassin he helped train. If he's right, Brandon doesn't stand a chance.The third installment of this bestselling series asks if blood truly does rise above all else.

The intergalactic barbarian has started establishing himself in this new future.But with a growing reputation comes the need to accomplish more complex feats.The Komran are happy to oblige, though they may not know it.They have taken a valuable Vale-sanctioned mine, trapping all the residents within and forcing them to work night and day. Curiously, the hostage-takers are not searching for the ore within.Fearful that a large-scale assault co...

Aldo Cassidy, formerly a low-born freelancer, finds himself at the heart of a desperate operation to save humanity.With the threat of a seemingly mindless alien force looming at the borders of the human empire, a brave group of military personnel works to form an alliance that may give them a chance against an invasion. Heading to a beleaguered outpost, Aldo and his team must rescue an alien delegation. Success gives a union a chance, while failure could lead to wa...

When Carson Flint traded his Commonwealth military badge for the quiet life, he thought he'd left his battles behind.Two years of running a saloon called the Bulwark, a volatile hub for refugees, smugglers, and the occasional war-weary soldier, was the peace he'd been looking for.He's never had it easier, or been so bored.But when a fugitive Commonwealth operative arrives with dangerous secrets and a war criminal on his tail, Carson's sanctuary quic...

After his wife is murdered in Chicago, by-the-book agent Blake Jordan focuses on the one thing he’s always been good at: his job. But Blake is so consumed by grief, he doesn’t notice that someone is watching him from the shadows.When Senator Keller asks Blake to handle security the night he’s set to receive his party’s nomination for president, he accepts the assignment. But he didn’t expect the senator to disappear under his watch.If he wants to get him back, Blake must br...

There are still two more rounds in the Tournament of Grace; two more opportunities for Huon and the crew of the Strong Wind to obtain boons from the Low and High Celestials of Taloniar. Huon has attained the rank of Champion faster than he ever imagined he would, but after what he learned from the Devil of the West about the Everlasting King, he has a newfound zeal to reach even higher heights. If he's going to reach them fast enough, he'll have to win the Tournament of Grace. Only the fin...

The galaxy is burning. And it’s because of Rising Dawn.Every blow that the resistance delivers, every world they free, the Overlords answer in fire. Human colonies. Roach hives. Whole civilizations razed in retribution for a rebellion that was supposed to save them. The price of fighting back has become extinction.Jace Hawthorne is done playing defense. If hiding in the shadows only gets their people slaughtered, then there’s one move left: stop running, an...

"We know who you are! Can your current bank say that? We pride ourselves on providing unparalled service to all of our customers. We're looking forward to banking with YOU!" In the small town of Montgomery, Arizona, Kyle Decker's book shop is barely breaking even. When a bank opens in the empty storefront next door, he hopes the new establishment will bring in more foot traffic. Trouble is, nobody has ever heard of The First People's Bank, and the local branch has appeared mysteriously ove...

Considering she had just attended her mother's funeral, Gloria Jaymes never expected to see the woman again, but then her dead mom shows up at her house.Gloria's mom is... different. She's younger than when she died, dressed in clothes from the 1980s. And nobody else in Gloria's family seems to recognize her.As Gloria tries to figure out the reason for her mother's reappearance and the odd behaviors the woman begins to exhibit other bizarre events occur. The changes to Gloria's world are s...